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The Clare Festival of Traditional Singing (Irish: Féile Amhránaíochta an Chláir) is a festival held in Milltown Malbay and Spanish Point in the month of November. The aim of the festival is to promote unaccompanied traditional singing.[1]

  1. ^ "13th Clare Festival of Traditional Singing". Clare Library.
    - Vallely, Fintan (2011). The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. Cork: Cork University Press. p. 136-137. ISBN 978-1859184509.

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